The owners of Dollar General stores will pay more than $1 million to settle charges that the company sent scrap electronics, batteries and other materials to landfills not permitted to receive them.
Tennessee-based Dolgen California and its subsidiaries, which own Dollar General retail stores and a distribution center in California, agreed to end the la
University researchers in Texas are developing a nontoxic leaching solution to recover cobalt and lithium from end-of-life batteries.
Two Rice University scientists have formulated a solvent that can extract material from the cathodes used in lithium-ion batteries.
A warehouse full of CRT glass draws the attention of local officials, and a recycling expert explores the recycling problems presented by wearable devices.
Learning their lessons: Two Ohio inmates participating in a program that has prisoners disassemble old computers for recycling were found to have stolen components, pieced together two computers, hidden them i
A trucking company is suing two electronics recycling firms and a logistics provider, claiming they were responsible for a battery explosion and fire that injured employees and damaged property.
Wilson Trucking Corp.
When an electronics recycling facility achieves R2 certification, stipulations of the standard extend to activities outside the walls of that building, according to a recent decision.
That determination was approved by the board of Sustainable Electronics Recycling International (SERI), the nonprofit organization that administ
The Buffalo Bills make a drive for recycling, and Samsung is getting more backlash over its handling of the Galaxy Note 7 debacle.
More Samsung fallout: Greenpeace is 
The Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has received $1.5 million to recover more materials from used lithium ion batteries.
The goal of the project, called